Drew Pham writes about his experiences going to war as a migrant after September 11th in this four part series for The War House. This is 4 of 4.
Drew Pham
Drew Pham is a Brooklyn-based writer and contributing editor at The Wrath-Bearing Tree. In 2010, he deployed to Afghanistan with the 10th Mountain Division. Follow Drew on Twitter @Drewspeak.
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Letters To My Country That She Will Never Read, Part 3
Drew Pham writes about his experiences going to war as a migrant after September 11th in this four part series for The War House. This is 3 of 4.
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Letters To My Country That She Will Never Read, Part 2
Drew Pham writes about his experiences going to war as a migrant after September 11th in this four part series for The War House. This is 2 of 4.
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Letters To My Country That She Will Never Read, Part 1
Drew Pham writes about his experiences going to war as a migrant after September 11th in this four part series for The War House. This is 1 of 4.
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The Son of Refugees Reflects on How to Lose a U.S.-led War
Drew Pham saw his refugee parents in Afghan civilians. Compassion, he thought, was the answer. But a part of his soul hardened as he learned to love war.
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My Heart, a Fallow Field. A Letter to My Unborn Daughter.
War poisoned his body and threatened his life. To survive, Drew Pham had to lose all chance of fathering a child.
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Brother, Forgive Me. “I Cannot Carry the Consequences of This War Alone.”
In Joe, Drew Pham found a supportive peer and guide. One careless act threatened their relationship, forcing Drew to really consider what Joe means to him.
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Facing It. “The Harder I Held on, the Further I Felt From Home.”
Drew Pham grieves for the family of the man he killed at war. His peers and commanders told him it was a good kill, but how can a kill be “good”?
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He Craved Normalcy, But He Could Think Only of Getting Back to War
As a veteran, Drew Pham understands craving both normalcy and war, but as his kid brother struggles with the same push and pull, Drew feels lost to help.
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I Leave Out the Part Where We Catch the Man
Drew Pham told civilians stories of trauma when he first returned. He soon learned that it was easier to tell them a funny story about a goat.
